Gowrichander wins Nagpur Below 1600 Rating Tournament 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/09/2022

Gowrichander U won Nagpur Below 1600 Rating tournament. Six players scored 8/9 each. Out of them, Gowrichander of Tamil Nadu won the tournament due to better tie-break score. Akshat Mahobiya and Saket Atul Kumar were placed second and third. They both remained undefeated. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. Top three prizes were ₹51000 and a trophy, ₹30000 and ₹25000 each. The tournament was held between 14th and 16th August 2022 at Nagpur, Maharashtra. A total of 474 players took part from all over the country. 44th Chess Olympiad Bronze medalist WGM Divya Deshmukh and India's 71st GM Sankalp Gupta attended the inauguration ceremony. Photo: Bhushan Shriwas/Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation

Six players score 8/9

Second, Third and Sixth place finishers Akshat Mahobiya, Saket Atul Kumar and Prateek Chandwani remained undefeated. 12-year-old Yashad Bambeshwar of Chhattisgarh was the youngest finisher among top 10. He scored 7.5/9 to finish ninth.

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd Akshat Mahobiya 8/9, 1st Gowrichander U 8/9 and 3rd Saket Atul Kumar 8/9 | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas/Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation

Gowrichander U scored two four-game winning streaks, suffering only one loss in the middle

Inaugural moves are being made | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas/Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation

The tournament was inaugurated by Pravin Datke, MLC, Nagpur in presence of Girish Vyas, Ex-MLC and Vice President of Maharashtra Chess Association, Sanjay Bhende, Chairman, Nagpur Nagrik Sahakari Bank and Vice President, State BJP, Dr. Upendra Kothekar, Organizing Secretary, BJP Vidarbha, Advocate A A Bade, Shivchhatrapati Awardee in Chess Organisation, T N Bahadure, Ex-Secretary, MCA, 44th Chess Olympiad Bronze medalist WGM Divya Deshmukh and Assistant Coach of India 1 Open at the Olympiad, GM Sankalp Gupta.

FM FT Akash Thakur, Bhushan Sriwasm WGM Divya Deshmukh and GM Sankalp Gupta along with other guests at the inauguration ceremony | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas/Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation

Both WGM Divya Deshmukh and GM Sankalp Gupta were felicitated for their performance and contribution at the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022.

Prize winners of various categories | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas/Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation

Prizes were distributed by Chief Guest - Advocate Nishant Gandhi, President, Chess Association Nagpur, Jayant Katdare, Ex-National A Player who was the Guest of Honour, IA Promodraj Moree, Chief Arbiter, Bhushan Shriwas, Organizing Secretary and S S Soman, Member, Tournament Committee, MCA.

Organizing team | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas/Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation

Thanks to Bhushan Sriwas for providing photos and information about the tournament.

A total of 474 players took part from all over the country, in this three-day nine round Classical Rating tournament. The event was organized by Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation at Mundle Hall, The Blind Relief Association in Nagpur, Maharashtra from 16th to 18th August 2022. The time control of the event was 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	43	Gowrichander U			1382	TN	8	52	55	46,00	0	8
2	37	Akshat Mahobiya			1394	Chat	8	49,5	53,5	46,50	0	7
3	63	Saket Atul Kumar			1323	MP	8	49,5	53,5	44,00	0	7
4	76	Ghorghate Sahil			1288	Mah	8	48,5	52,5	45,00	0	8
5	51	Ramteke Sumedh			1355	Nag	8	48,5	51,5	41,00	0	8
6	24	Chandwani Prateek			1427	MP	8	47	51	45,75	0	7
7	38	Sushant Tiwari			1393	Delhi	7,5	49	53	40,75	0	7
8	171	Gujrathi Aayush			1145	Mah	7,5	46,5	49,5	38,50	0	7
9	16	Yashad Bambeshwar	U13		1466	Chat	7,5	46,5	48,5	40,50	0	7
10	7	Manna Chiranjit			1515	WB	7	55	57,5	43,25	0	6
11	21	Nihaan Pohane	U11		1443	Mah	7	53	54,5	40,00	0	7
12	57	Ravi Palsule			1341	MP	7	50	54	38,75	0	6
13	56	Sharma Sai	U15		1343	Nag	7	48,5	52,5	40,50	0	7
14	10	Madhvendra Pratap Sharma	U09		1494	MP	7	48,5	52	38,75	0	6
15	6	Patodi Samyak			1520	Mah	7	48,5	51	37,75	0	6
16	155	Agrawal Hardik			1166	Mah	7	48,5	51	37,00	0	7
17	52	Amol Ramteke			1351	Nag	7	48	52	40,00	0	6
18	5	Shubham Kumar			1531	Bih	7	48	50	36,50	0	6
19	30	Koteswar Rao M			1410	Mah	7	46	50	36,50	0	7
20	95	Gaigore Sanskar	U13		1264	Mah	7	43,5	45	34,50	0	6